TRENTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to consider this morning the Supreme Court nominations of Phillip Kwon and Bruce Harris, with at least one of them possibly not garnering enough votes to advance to the full Senate.

Kwon, 44, of Closter, the first assistant attorney general for New Jersey, has come under question because a business owned by family members had settled a federal lawsuit in December.

Senate Democrats also have questions about his political affiliation. Until April, Kwon, now an independent, had been a registered Republican in New York.

Harris, 61, the mayor of Chatham Borough and a finance attorney, has been viewed by some Democrats as too inexperienced in the courtroom.

As the committee members gather this morning, Kwon and Harris are in the meeting room speaking with supporters. Harris, who would be the first openly gay justice on the state Supreme Court, is accompanied by his partner, Marc Boisclair

Kwon is sitting in the first row with his wife, Sung Hui "Chris" Kwon.

The 13-member Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to take the full day — and possibly into a second day — to consider their nominations.

Sen. Linda Greenstein (D-Mercer) said she was asked Wednesday to sit in for committee member Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex), who is on vacation. She said she has not met with the candidates but spent the night reading up on their backgrounds.